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Personalization Possible?
This recent Q Ideas presentation by Andy Crouch has been making the rounds recently. Crouch speaks with a reassuring authority, which is good. And he brings a concern that many have been thinking about for a while to the forefront … Continue reading
Beyond the Babel Moment
Mumford & Sons “Babel” moment feels like a million years ago: that sweet spot when Sigh No More was comfortable ensconced in the collective conscience and Babel took things to some kind of next level, banjo and all. Now, on … Continue reading
Conversationally Speaking
Professor and author Alan Jacobs recently posted his thoughts on conversations. On one level, that sounds kind of funny (as conversations are supposedly easy things to do). And yet, as he points out in his criticism of the thoughts of … Continue reading
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The Reason is Friends
I’ve got a couple or three shows returning to the airwaves this week. The Good Place is the one I’m looking forward to most. The show takes turn after turn that makes things even more interesting even as the characters … Continue reading
Being Benedict or Daring Daniel?
It’s always good to hear that Rod Dreher’s “Benedict Option” still hangs in the religious consciousness, if only amongst those on Twitter or fortunate enough to the Dreher speak. Leah Libresco has a great new book on the concept, giving … Continue reading
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A Key with Which to See
What I appreciate most about Oliver O’Donovan’s Self, World, and Time (which I have mentioned here and here) is its assertion that the way we live life matters. This, I imagine, sounds like a no-brainer to most. Ours is a … Continue reading
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O’Donovan and the Good Place
Back in June I posted a couple of entries having to do with the opening pages of Oliver O’Donovan’s Self, World, and Time, which is the first entry in his “Ethics as Theology” series. I finally finished the trilogy and … Continue reading
A Song Worth Sitting With
The latest album from Death Cab for Cutie has been out for a few weeks now. It’s the kind of album that draws you to the lyrics more than the music, which is always something that Ben Gibbard and company … Continue reading
Like It’s 1943
This weekend I finally finished The Year of Our Lord 1943 by Alan Jacobs. In the book, Jacob traces the war-time thinking of thinkers like Simone Weil, Jacques Maritain, W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, and C. S. Lewis, particularly … Continue reading
Further into the Great Degeneration
Back in 2012, I read a little book by Niall Ferguson called The Great Degeneration. I didn’t know much about Ferguson (and still don’t, really), but I found his book about the great, pending crisis concerning the decay and death … Continue reading
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